Mansion House (Trenton, New Jersey)

Historic house in New Jersey, United States

United States historic place

Mansion House

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

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Location| Cadwalader Park, Trenton, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°14′12″N 74°47′22″W﻿ / ﻿40.23667°N 74.78944°W﻿ / 40.23667; -74.78944
Area| 100 acres (40 ha)
Built| 1848
Architect| John Notman
Architectural style| Italianate
NRHP reference No.| 73001112[1]
NJRHP No.| 1779[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| February 6, 1973
Designated NJRHP| May 12, 1972

The Mansion House (also referred to as Ellarslie and the McCall House) is a historic residence located in Cadwalader Park in the city of Trenton in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built as a summer residence for Henry McCall Sr. of Philadelphia in 1848, and is one of the earliest examples of Italianate architecture in the United States.[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 6, 1973, for its significance in architecture and landscape architecture.[4]

## History and description

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The house was designed by architect John Notman as an Italianate villa.[4] It was sold to the park commission of the city of Trenton in 1888. Since 1978 the building has been home to the Trenton City Museum, which features collections of decorative and fine arts.[3]

Path to Ellarslie Museum

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey

## References

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1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#73001112)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 11, 2023. p. 15\. "listed as the Mansion House (Ellarslie, McCall House)"
3. ^ a b "Trenton City Museum". Retrieved December 26, 2013.
4. ^ a b Greiff, Constance M. (June 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Mansion House". National Park Service. With accompanying photo

## External links

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* Media related to Mansion House (Trenton, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
* Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie

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Landmarks|

* Abbott Farm Archeological Site
* Westland Mansion
* Albert Einstein House
* Joseph Henry House
* Lawrenceville School
* Maybury Hill
* Morven
* Nassau Hall
* Old Barracks
* Maclean House
* Princeton Battlefield
* Prospect House
* William Trent House
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Districts|

* Bear Tavern Road--Jacob's Creek Crossing Rural Historic District
* Berkeley Square Historic District
* Delaware and Raritan Canal
* Drake Farmstead/Brookdale Farm
* Harbourton Historic District
* Jugtown Historic District
* King's Highway Historic District
* Kingston Mill Historic District
* Lake Carnegie Historic District
* Lawrence Township Historic District
* Mill Hill Historic District
* Mountain Avenue Historic District
* Old School Baptist Church and Cemetery of Hopewell
* Pleasant Valley Historic District
* Princeton Historic District
* Riverview Cemetery
* State House Historic District
* Stockton Street Historic District
* Titusville Historic District
* Trenton Ferry Historic District
* Windsor Historic District

Places of
worship|

* First Presbyterian Church of Trenton
* First Presbyterian Church of Pennington
* Penns Neck Baptist Church
* Sacred Heart Church
* St. Michael's Church
* Trenton Friends Meeting House

Houses|

* John Abbott II House
* Abbott-Decou House
* Anderson-Capner House
* Baker-Brearley House
* Bow Hill
* Charles Brearley House
* Gen. Philemon Dickinson House
* Douglass House
* Drumthwacket
* William Green House
* Green-Reading House
* John D. Hart House
* Hart–Hoch House
* Donald Grant Herring Estate
* Highfields
* House at 379 West State Street
* Hunt Farmstead
* Rudolph V. Kuser Estate
* Ichabod Leigh House
* Mansion House
* Mercer Street Friends Center
* Old Ryan Farm
* Isaac Pearson House
* Joseph Phillips Farm
* John Rogers House
* Samuel Sloan House
* Smith-Ribsam House
* Israel Stevens House
* Joseph Stout House
* Tusculum
* University Cottage Club
* Colonel John Van Cleve Homestead
* Jeremiah Vandyke House
* Isaac Watson House
* John Welling House
* John White House
* Jeremiah Woolsey House

Commercial
buildings|

* Adams and Sickles Building
* American Cigar Company
* Broad Street National Bank
* Henry Clay and Bock & Co. Ltd. Cigar Factory
* Golden Swan-True American
* Hopewell Station
* In and Out Social Club
* Thomas Maddock's Sons Company
* New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles Building
* Old Eagle Tavern
* Pennington Railroad Station
* Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Freight Station
* Princeton Railroad Station
* Roebling Machine Shop
* John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton N.J., Block 3
* Somerset Roller Mills
* Stokely-Van Camp Industrial Complex
* Trenton Bath House
* West Trenton Station

Public
buildings|

* Bellevue Avenue Colored School
* Carver Center
* East Trenton Public Library
* Higbee Street School
* Mott School and Second Street School
* Trenton War Memorial
* Trenton City Hall
* U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
* Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children

Sites|

* Archeological Site No. 1-18th Century Vessel (28ME196)
* Crosswicks Creek Site III
* Mount Rose Distillery
* Princeton Ice Company
* Washington Road Elm Allée

Structures|

* Hog Island Cranes
* Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge
* Trenton Battle Monument
* Trenton City/Calhoun Street Bridge

Former|

* Princessville Inn

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey
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